Gershom Gorenberg
One of the bizarre ironies of Israeli politics is revealed once more in a response by NGO Monitor* to Nicholas Kristof’s recent column on Hebron and the price of occupation.
Kristof wrote of the particular burden imposed on Palestinians - and on Israel itself - by maintaining Jewish settlers inside Hebron:
The security system that Israel [...]
Israeli Right Supports Right of Return
July 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Politics and Policy, Uncategorized
Tags: Gerald Steinberg·Hebron·Kfar Etzion·Kristof·NGO Monitor·right of return·Settlements
Journey to Wadi al-Shajneh: The Illusion of Quiet
June 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Culture and Ideas, Politics and Policy
Gershom Gorenberg
Dov, the guy who owns the hole-in-the-wall computer lab, explained to Elliott and me that the operating system was only in English; he didn’t have Arabic Windows. As for service, he said, that would be no problem, "as long as he brings it here."
Unfortunately, Muhammad Abu Arkub, to whom we were delivering [...]
Tags: B'Tselem·Dura·Hebron·Kehillat Yedidya·occupation·Rabbis for Human Rights·Reconciliation·Settlements·settlers·Wadi al-Shajneh·West Bank
Journey to Hebron: Nightmares and Hope
April 15th, 2008 · 23 Comments · Politics and Policy
Yehiel and I met Elliott at the appliance repairman’s shed on a side street in South Jerusalem.
Elliott Horowitz, a historian at Bar-Ilan University, had already paid for the almost-new washing machine, with cash that friends have pledged to repay. We wrestled the heavy white hunk of metal into the back of Yehiel’s undersized station [...]
Tags: Gerald Kromer·Hebron·Judaism·Kiryat Arba·Reconciliation·Settlements·tzedakah